Integrated Graduate Training Program in Neuroscience, UTHSCSA

UTHSCSA 神经科学综合研究生培训项目

• 批准号: 8675972
• 负责人: David A Morilak
• 金额: $ 6.54万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-07-01 至 2018-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8675972
• 关键词: Neurosciences; Training Programs

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Integrated Graduate Program in Neuroscience at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) provides diverse training in a range of neuroscientific research areas and approaches, from molecular, cellular, and neurochemical to systems, behavioral and clinical neuroscience. There are 34 training faculty drawn from the mentoring faculty in the Neuroscience Track in the Integrated Multidisciplinary Graduate Program (IMGP) at UTHSCSA. This Neuroscience Training Program offers a course of study tailored to the individual needs and interests of students who come to us from a variety of backgrounds in the basic biological sciences, including biology, biochemistry, molecular biology, psychology and neuroscience. An interactive and collegial community of educators and researchers creates a challenging yet supportive environment within which our students can develop into successful neuroscientists. Students apply to and enter a single integrated "umbrella" graduate program, the IMGP, within which there are 10 thematically- defined "tracks", of which Neuroscience is one, that cut across departments and schools within the university. Thus, in their first year of study in the IMGP, students take a common core course in Biomedical Sciences and conduct a series of lab rotations. In the spring, they begin to differentiate and take courses specific to their area of interest, in our cas Neuroscience. They then select a mentor and a track, and begin their focused training. In the second year of study, we offer the Neuroscience students a rich curriculum of didactic courses, intensive laboratory experience, opportunities for professional development (writing and oral presentation), journal clubs, seminars, opportunities to engage in relevant clinical activities, an several other enrichment activities designed to enhance their professional development and future success. The institution supports the students in the first year. Thus, we are requesting funds for 3 students per year, for only one year each, in the second year of study, during which they focus on Neuroscience course work, intensify their laboratory research toward identifying a dissertation project, and prepare for their qualifying exam at the end of this second year, after which they enter doctoral candidacy and begin their dissertation research. One or more of these slots may be used to support MD/PhD student(s) at the equivalent stage of the graduate component of their training in the Neuroscience program. Strategies are described for recruitment, including recruitment for diversity, and for training in the responsible conduct of research. In sum, since its inception just 10 years ago, the Neuroscience Program at the UTHSCSA has emerged into a mature and effective program, one of the most popular in the Graduate School, with a productive and dedicated training faculty, a robust curriculum, and a well-functioning administrative structure. If funded, this broadly-based early-stage training grant will not only facilitate our further development and growth, it will also allow us the opportunity o offer a substantive return on that investment, by continuing on the forward and upward trajectory of both our program and our students.

描述（由申请人提供）：在得克萨斯大学健康科学中心（UTHSCSA）神经科学的综合研究生课程（UTHSCSA）提供了各种培训，包括一系列神经科学研究领域和方法，从分子，细胞和神经化学到系统，行为和临床神经科学。 UTHSCSA的综合多学科研究生课程（IMGP）中的神经科学轨道中的指导学院有34个培训教师。该神经科学培训计划为从基本生物学的各种背景来找我们的学生的个人需求和兴趣量身定制了一项学习课程，包括生物学，生物化学，分子生物学，心理学和神经科学。一个由教育工作者和研究人员组成的互动和大学社区创造了一个充满挑战而又支持的环境，我们的学生可以在其中发展成为成功的神经科学家。学生申请并输入一个综合的“伞”研究生课程，即IMGP，其中有10个主题定义的“轨道”，其中神经科学是其中一个，该曲目跨越了大学内部的部门和学校。因此，在IMGP学习的第一年中，学生参加了生物医学科学领域的共同核心课程，并进行了一系列实验室旋转。在春季，他们开始在我们的CAS神经科学中区分并参加特定于其感兴趣领域的课程。然后，他们选择一名导师和轨道，然后开始他们的专注训练。在研究的第二年中，我们为神经科学学生提供了丰富的教学课程，密集的实验室经验，专业发展的机会（写作和口头演讲的机会），期刊俱乐部，研讨会，研讨会，参与相关临床活动的机会，旨在增强其专业发展和未来成功的其他几项丰富活动。该机构在第一年支持学生。因此，我们每年要求为3个学生提供资金，每年仅一年，在研究的第二年，他们专注于神经科学课程的工作，加强了他们的实验室研究，以确定论文项目，并在第二年末准备他们的资格考试，之后他们进入博士候选人资格和开始研究。这些插槽中的一个或多个可用于在其神经科学计划的培训的研究生组成部分的同等阶段支持MD/PHD学生。描述了招聘策略，包括多样性招聘以及负责任进行研究的培训。总而言之，自10年前成立以来，UTHSCSA的神经科学计划已成为一个成熟有效的计划，这是研究生院中最受欢迎的计划之一，具有富有成效的专业培训教师，强大的课程，并且具有良好的行政结构。如果资助，这项基于广泛的早期培训补助金 不仅将促进我们的进一步发展和增长，还将使我们有机会通过继续我们计划和学生的前进和向上轨迹来提供实质性的投资回报。